2017 Event Overview Canada s premier metal fabricating, welding & finishing industry event SEPTEMBER 13 & 14, 2017 PLACE BONAVENTURE MONTREAL, QUEBEC CANADA canweldexpo.com Exhibit space, sponsorship & advertising: Stephen Furze, dmg::events (403) 444-6529 stephenfurze@dmgevents.com Organized By : Official Media Partner:
ABOUT CANWELD EXPO & CONFERENCE CanWeld is Canada s premier trade show and conference for the welding, fabricating, metal forming and finishing industry. The event is organized in partnership between the CWB Group and dmg::events. Entering its eighth year in 2017, the world-class CanWeld Conference and Expo will feature even more live working equipment and technology, top industry speakers and unparalleled industry networking for decision makers ready to do business. CanWeld 2017 will serve Eastern Canada s aerospace, automotive, mining, agriculture, life sciences, chemical and electronics manufacturing industries. CANWELD BY THE NUMBERS 62,000 CWB members represented 4,000+ expected attendees 2,000+ companies doing business 150 exhibitors 60+ speakers 50+ business & technical sessions 8 conference tracks
ATTENDEE PROFILE Location Visitors in 2017 will travel from across Canada and US, with the majority coming from Canada s largest manufacturing industries in Quebec and Ontario. Job Titles Owner/Company Management Corporate Executive Sales & Marketing Manufacturing Production Foreman/Leader/Supervisor Manufacturing Engineering Design Engineer Industries Agriculture Aircraft/Aerospace Appliances Chemicals/Petroleum Communications Construction Consulting/Engineering Defense Electronics/Computers Energy Government/Military Industrial and Commercial Machinery Medical/Surgical Mining Oil & Gas Plastic Products Research & Development Transportation Utilities Improving efficiency is the top business need for 38% of attendees. Products & Services in Demand Arc Welding Assembly Bending & Forming Brazing & Soldering Coil Processing Cutting Fastening & Joining Finishing/Paint & Powder Coating Finishing/Plating Gases & Gas Equipment Hydroforming Inspection and Testing Job Shop/Contract Mfg. Lasers Lubrication Maintenance & Repair Material Handling Metal Suppliers Plate & Structural Fabricating Press Brakes Punching Resistance Welding Robotics Safety & Environmental Saws Software, Machine Controls Stamping Tool & Die Tooling Tube & Pipe Fabricating or Welding Tube & Pipe Producing Waterjet Welding Consumables Welding Machines
EXPO FEATURES Fabricating, Welding & Finishing Zones Industry Specific Meet ups Hands-on Tech Demo Zone CanWeld s Best Welder Competition New Product Program Welding Simulator Zone One-to-One Meeting Program Top reason to attend CanWeld: evaluate new products/technology. CanWeld Exhibitors Include: AGT-Group WELDING AND CUTTING AUTOMATION GULLCO.COM www.kasi.ca THE ART OF WELDING Taipan Canada TOTAL CUT CNC
CONFERENCE FEATURES 60+ speakers offering sessions geared towards the application of technology, equipment and knowledge to provide solutions to real world problems. Top industry presenters Poster Presentations Exhibitor Pitch Sessions Past Speakers Include: Applus RTD Euroweld Fluor Canada Liburdi Lincoln Electric Linde Canada National Steel Car PCL Construction Praxair RBC Walter Surface Technologies NETWORKING FEATURES Over 20 hours of networking Keynote Luncheons Industry Reception One-to-one meetings CWB Industry Dinner & Awards Ceremony CWA Foundation Gala & After Party Mid-day Mixers Employment Roundtables Early Career & Student Program 66% of visitors identify their companies as early adopters of technology.
WHY QUÉBEC? The fabricated metal product manufacturing industry is present in all spheres of economic activity in Québec. Machine shops account for approximately 35% while manufacturers of architectural and structural metal products made up about 30%. Opportunities are plentiful for suppliers to support the shops servicing Québec s varied industry sectors. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW AEROSPACE One of the world s top three aeronautics hubs Over 250 companies, employing 40,000 people Grossing $15.5 billion in 2015, 80% exported internationally Top companies: Bell Helicopter Bombardier CAE Canadian Space Agency Esterline CMC Electronics GE Aviation Héroux-Devtek Lockheed Martin MDA Messier-Dowty Pratt & Whitney Rheinmetall Rolls- Royce Stelia Aerospace Thales Avionics GROUND TRANSPORTATION Major producer of automotive parts Supply of parts and systems to assembly plants in the northeastern United States 650 companies and over 31,000 workers Top companies: BRP Bombardier Transportation BRP Deutschman Design FPInnovations Kargo Lito Green Motion Micro Bird MG Surface Motrec International Nova Bus Paccar Précicad Prévost Car SCP 89 Volvo Wattman Trains & Trams AGRI-FOOD 2,200 agri-food businesses, employing almost 65,000 workers $24 billion in annual shipments Dairy products and meats account for over 40% of total shipments Top companies: Agropur Bridor Cargill Coca-Cola ConAgra Foods Danone Dare Goods DuBreton Frito-Lay Kraft Canada Krispy Kernels Labatt Breweries Leclerc Biscuits Maple Leaf Foods Molson Coors Parmalat Pepsi Saputo Weston LIFE SCIENCES MANUFACTURING Wide range of biopharmaceutical manufacturing activities Over 30 manufacturers producing a vast array of drugs Top companies: Alexion/Enobia Analogic Angiochem Bayer BD Galderma GlaxoSmithKline Medicago Medtronic Merck Mitsubishi Pfizer Pharmascience Roche Diagnostics Sandoz Tyco Healthcare Vertex Zimmer MICROELECTRONICS One of the industry s largest hubs in the world Main activities: semiconductors, assembly services, specialized circuits and systems for design, inspection and manufacturing Top companies: Averna Technologies C-MAC Esterline CMC Electronics Excelitas Technologies Gentec IBM Matrox MPB Technologies Octasic Teledyne DALSA Varitron Technologogies MINING 25 mines in production 350 surface mineral mining operations in progress $8.7 billion in mineral shipments in 2014 Canada s biggest producer of iron and zinc Second-largest producer of gold Top companies: ArcelorMittal Century Global Cliffs Natural Resources Glencore Goldcorp Iamgold Osisko Mining Québec Cartier Mining Rio Tinto Alcan Royal Nickel Corporation SOQUEM Tata Steel Support over 2,000 metal fabrication & welding companies servicing Quebec s sectors
EXHIBIT IN 2017 Consolidate your business activities to two days Put your innovative products and services serving the metal fabricating and welding industries in front of professionals visiting the show to network, learn and to explore what s new. A top-notch day. We were busy with customers until 4:00 in the afternoon. We will 100% see new business as a result of exhibiting at CanWeld. Mark McGuire, General Manager, Mag Tool Inc. Booth investment includes: Access to 4,000+ high-quality attendees from across Canada and US A comprehensive marketing plan and exhibitor marketing tools One-to-one matching program Promotion of your products through the New Technology Program Pipe & drape Material handling Unlimited client invitations Unlimited booth staff Exhibitor rates for conference sessions and networking dinners Company listing on the event website We have some good leads to follow up on, some new customers, not only in the Edmonton area, but across Alberta. They will bring a new customer base and some new customer types our way. We ll be back next year. Shane Nider, Sales Manager, Inland Industrial Supply Ltd. Exhibit space starts at $22 CDN/sq.ft. SPONSOR Align your brand with CanWeld and expand your brand s positioning beyond your booth. Work with us to build a package to meet your specific objectives. Options are available for every budget. Sponsorships start at $2,500 CDN ADVERTISE Stand out before, during and after the event. Advertising is available in the Official Event Guide (Special Edition of the CWA Journal), Event Website and Event E-newsletter. We saw CanWeld as a great opportunity to meet Canadian welding industry and see how we can help out. We talked to a lot of people and learned a lot about this market. We ll be following up as soon as we re done. Scott Stanley, National Marketing Manager, Lincoln Electric Advertising starts at $1,000 CDN
CONTACT US Exhibition Space, Sponsorship & Advertising Stephen Furze dmg::events (403) 444-6529 stephenfurze@dmgevents.com canweldexpo.com Conference Ian Campbell CWB Group (800) 844-6790 ex 243 ian.campbell@cwbgroup.org cwbgroup.org ORGANIZERS dmg :: events is the name behind many of the largest energy events in the world such as Global Petroleum Show (Calgary, Canada); ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi, UAE); International Pipeline Exposition (Calgary, Canada); Heavy Oil Latin America Conference & Exhibition (Mexico); Oil Sands Trade Show & Conference (Fort McMurray, Canada); and GasTech (Japan). Headquartered in London, UK with offices in key locations including Calgary, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE, Houston, Texas and Dallas, Texas, dmg::events brings more than 100 years experience in organizing exhibitions and conferences around the world. For more information visit dmgevents.com The CWB Group is an industry supported private sector organization providing welding certification, management systems registration and training services to over 7600 companies in 34 countries. Supported through the Canadian Welding Bureau, CWB Institute, QUASAR, and the Canadian Welding Association membership, the CWB Group provides a comprehensive and integrated service to the welding and joining industry. Recognized as one of the largest and most innovate welding organizations in the world, CWB Group s reach is unique in the fact that we are a national mandated organization that has successfully transitioned into international markets, bringing with us our high standards with respect to welding certification, education, safety and membership. For more information visit cwbgroup.com